US security postings, 2026 against 2025

Charts of CyberSN's US cybersecurity postings, January to September 2026 against 2025, from its jobs report page with data pulled 7 October 2026 and read 18 October 2026. Postings, not people. Bars start at zero. First, month by month, January to September, 2026 against 2025: January 27,784 against 35,459, down 21.6% (derived). February 27,069 against 38,465, down 29.6% (derived). March 23,717 against 35,980, down 34.1% (derived). April 22,619 against 35,935, down 37.1% (derived). May 25,793 against 34,964, down 26.2% (derived). June 29,929 against 30,570, down 2.1% (derived). July 22,480 against 38,744, down 42.0% (derived). August 28,766 against 42,647, down 32.5% (derived). September 27,951 against 27,582, up 1.3% (derived). Eight of nine months below 2025. Second, the same nine months, four years: 2023 273,498, 2024 244,911, 2025 320,210, 2026 235,786. 2025 is up 30.7% on 2024 (75,299 more postings, derived). 2026 is down 26.4% on 2025, a fall of 84,424 postings (derived), 3.7% below 2024 and 13.8% below 2023 (derived). 2025 is the high. 2026 is the lowest of the four. Third, the fall and the rises to one scale: 3,578 added, five series that grew (derived); 1,755 added, AI Security Engineer (derived); 1,001 added, Cyber Data Scientist (derived). AI Security Engineer plus Cyber Data Scientist: 2,756 postings, 3.3% of the fall (derived). The outline bar sits inside Security Engineer and is not added to totals. Behind the buttons, the AI Security Engineer role by month on its own scale: 654 postings in January to September 2025 and 2,409 in 2026 (derived sums). Every 2026 month is above the same month of 2025, and lumpy: 99 to 372 in a month. And the AI terms share: 14.6% of 2026 postings against 15.1% in 2025, an estimated 34,500 postings against 48,300, down 28.6% (derived).

Month by month, January to September. Core postings. Change on 2025 is derived.
Month20262025Change on 2025 (derived)
January27,78435,459down 21.6%
February27,06938,465down 29.6%
March23,71735,980down 34.1%
April22,61935,935down 37.1%
May25,79334,964down 26.2%
June29,92930,570down 2.1%
July22,48038,744down 42.0%
August28,76642,647down 32.5%
September27,95127,582up 1.3%

Eight of nine months below 2025. September is the one month above. The nine monthly figures sum to 236,108 for 2026 and 320,346 for 2025, which are 322 and 136 more than the totals below (derived), because the page replaces two Cyber Data Scientist months by their medians inside totals.

The same nine months, four years. Core postings, January to September of each year. Bars start at zero.
YearJanuary to SeptemberFull yearChange
2023273,498353,368first of the four
2024244,911338,138down 10.5% on 2023 (derived)
2025320,210392,356up 30.7% on 2024 (derived)
2026235,786288,911 to 325,540 (the page's pace estimate)down 26.4% on 2025, 3.7% below 2024, 13.8% below 2023 (derived)

2025 is the high. 2026 is the lowest of the four. The fall is 84,424 postings (derived), down 26.4% as the page prints; 2025 added 75,299 on 2024, so the fall is 9,125 more than that rise (derived).

The rises against the fall of 84,424 postings, all derived
RisePostings addedShare of the fall (derived)
3,578 added, five series that grew3,5784.2%
1,755 added, AI Security Engineer1,7552.1%
1,001 added, Cyber Data Scientist1,0011.2%
AI Security Engineer plus Cyber Data Scientist2,7563.3%

The outline bar sits inside Security Engineer and is not added to totals. Cyber Data Scientist is one of the five series that grew.

AI Security Engineer postings by month. Own scale: not the scale of the charts before. Bars start at zero.
Month20262025Change on 2025 (derived)
January12864up 100.0%
February36455up 561.8%
March9960up 65.0%
April13653up 156.6%
May34344up 679.5%
June30757up 438.6%
July35984up 327.4%
August301177up 70.1%
September37260up 520.0%

Nine months: 654 in 2025, 2,409 in 2026 (derived sums; the page prints 2,409 and +268.3%). Every 2026 month is above the same month of 2025, and lumpy: 99 to 372 in a month.

Share of postings that mention AI terms. By month, January 2025 to September 2026. Bars start at zero.
MonthShare of postings
January 202512.8%
February 202513.6%
March 202513.6%
April 202512.8%
May 202514.8%
June 202517.1%
July 202515.8%
August 202519.5%
September 202515.0%
October 2025 (outside the comparison)14.4%
November 2025 (outside the comparison)18.1%
December 2025 (outside the comparison)14.7%
January 202614.0%
February 202610.6%
March 202611.6%
April 202614.7%
May 202612.9%
June 202614.4%
July 202615.8%
August 202617.0%
September 202620.0%

About level on the share: 14.6% against 15.1%. September is the highest month, at 20.0%. Estimated postings that mention the terms, January to September: about 48,300 in 2025 and about 34,500 in 2026, down 28.6% (derived). Not printed by the page: each month's share times that month's postings, added over nine months.

Derived means this site's arithmetic.